Tuesday, April 20, 2010

15-15-15 Book and Blogging Challenge Day 3

The book for day three is “What's Your Story: A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction” by Marion Dane Bauer.



I am reading this book to cull ideas for a homeschool co-op class that I'm co-teaching. The kids are writing a fiction story and also making a book and illustrating it. I needed more ideas for exercises to do to get the kids moving from ideas in their head to more fully developing the story.

I'd purchased this book used on a whim at a homeschool used curriculum sale. While looking for ideas to teach this class I redisovered it on my bookshelf.

The book is actually fantastic. It is intended for young readers (teens I th ink). It's actually better and more direct than fiction how-to books written for adults but the content is completely applicable to adult readers. It's a fast easy read, and inspiring too.




Disclosure: I was not paid to blog about this book. I purchased the book for my family's use. For my blog's full disclosure statement see the link at the top of my blog's sidebar.

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